Law Enforcement Statistics: Guides & Reports

Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics, 1997, 1999, and 2000

These Bureau of Justice Statistics reports present data collected from state
and local law enforcement agencies that have 100 or more sworn personnel.
Information is provided for each reporting law enforcement agency on personnel,
operations, equipment, computers and information systems, policies and programs,
and community policing. Community policing information covers topics such as
community policing and school resource officer personnel, geographic assignment,
problem-solving activities, community outreach, and training. The COPS Office
contributed funding and substantive expertise toward this project.

These Bureau of Justice Statistics reports present data describing the more
than 3,000 sheriffs' departments and offices operating in the United States.
Information is provided on personnel, operations, equipment, computers and
information systems, policies and programs, and community policing. Community
policing information covers topics such as community policing and school
resource officer personnel, geographic assignment, problem-solving activities,
community outreach, and training. The COPS Office contributed funding and
substantive expertise toward this project.

These Bureau of Justice Statistics reports present data describing the more
than 13,000 local police departments operating in the United States. Information
is provided on personnel, operations, equipment, computers and information
systems, policies and programs, and community policing. Community policing
information covers topics such as community policing and school resource officer
personnel, geographic assignment, problem-solving activities, community
outreach, and training. The COPS Office contributed funding and substantive
expertise toward this project.

This Bureau of Justice Statistics report presents the results of a 2000
census of nearly 18,000 law enforcement agencies in the United States. It
contains information on type of agency, personnel (sworn and nonsworn/ full time
and part time), size of agency, largest agencies, number of employees by state,
and comparisons with earlier years. The COPS Office contributed funding and
substantive expertise toward the project.

This Bureau of Justice Statistics report presents data on citizen complaints
about police use of force received by large, general purpose State and local law
enforcement agencies as well as on complaint dispositions. Findings presented
are from new questions on formal citizen complaints about police use of force
added to the 2003 Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics
survey. Detail is presented on the policies and procedures of large municipal
police departments relating to the processing of citizen complaints and other
administrative features. The report also discusses the limitations of
complaints' data and the use of sustained complaints as a measure of police use
of excessive force. The 2003 LEMAS survey was administered by the Bureau of
Justice Statistics and sponsored in part by the COPS Office.

This Bureau of Justice Statistics report discusses changes in community
policing between 1997 and 1999 as reported by more than 2,000 local police
agencies. Findings are based on the analysis of responses to the 1997 and 1999
Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics surveys that were
administered by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and sponsored in part by the
COPS Office.

This Bureau of Justice Statistics report presents information on law
enforcement agencies serving populations of 250,000 or more. It is based on
results from 1990 and 2000 Law Enforcement Management and Administrative
Statistics surveys, as well as other comparative data sources such as the
Uniform Crime Reports. The surveys were administered by the Bureau of Justice
Statistics, with the 2000 survey sponsored in part by the COPS Office.

This Bureau of Justice Statistics report presents information on the
characteristics of tribally operated law enforcement agencies in the United
States, including personnel, services, and functions. The agency data is derived
from the 2000 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies administered by
Bureau of Justice Statistics and sponsored in part by the COPS Office.

This Bureau of Justice Statistics report presents data on personnel,
facilities and resources, trainees, and training curricula of law enforcement
academies in the United States, from the 2002 Census of Law Enforcement Training
Academies. Special topics include training related to terrorism, community
policing, and racial profiling. This first national survey of training academies
was administered by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and sponsored in part by
the COPS Office.